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  "id": "RL32381",
  "type": "CRS Report",
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  "number": "RL32381",
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      "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
      "id": 105170,
      "date": "2004-05-13",
      "retrieved": "2016-04-07T20:16:06.285156",
      "title": "Adequacy of the Army's FY2004 Funding for Operations in Iraq",
      "summary": "With the upsurge in violence in Iraq in recent months, Members of Congress and others have\nvoiced\nconcerns about whether the $37.3 billion received by the Army in the fiscal year 2004 Emergency\nSupplemental ( P.L.108-106 ) will be sufficient to fund operations for the remainder of the fiscal year\nor whether a second supplemental is needed before the end of the fiscal year. In recent testimony\nbefore the House Armed Services Committee, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers\nsuggested that the Army is facing a shortfall of $4 billion for FY2004 and stated that the Department\nof Defense (DOD) was assessing whether additional resources could be found from within either\nDOD\u2019s regular or current supplemental appropriations or whether more funds would be\nneeded. \nUsing monthly obligations data on the cost of Army operations in Iraq, this report estimates the size\nof the potential Army funding shortfall and assesses whether sufficient funding is likely to be\navailable to fund the Army\u2019s military personnel and operation and maintenance (O&M)\nrequirements\nfor its wartime missions in Iraq in FY2004. \n \n As of the end of February 2004, combined funding obligations for Iraq, Afghanistan, and\nenhanced security for defense installations (Operation Noble Eagle) for all services totaled $27.0\nbillion or about $3.2 billion less than forecast. For the Army in particular, however, obligations\ntotaled $17.9 billion or about $1.6 billion higher than anticipated, primarily because of operations\nin Iraq. Based on CRS estimates for Iraq, the Army might face a shortfall in FY2004 of from $5.3\nbillion to $7.1 billion for that mission depending on assumptions about likely monthly obligations\nfor the remainder of the year. \n \n At the same time, however, the Army might be able to finance such a shortfall using about $7.0\nbillion in funds that are available because certain other costs are proving to be lower than anticipated. \nFor example, DOD recently lowered rates charged to the services for transportation of personnel and\nequipment because those rates exceeded costs. And obligations to cover enhanced security at\ndefense installations are running about $2 billion less than forecast. Some peacetime training\nexercises, which were slated for troops that are currently deployed, have also been cancelled.\n \n This report includes monthly data on the cost of operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and enhanced\nsecurity for defense installations for FY2003 and FY2004.. To assess estimates of costs for the rest\nof FY2004 or for the FY2005 supplemental, it could be useful for Congress to have data beyond that\ncurrently available including monthly manpower levels, cost factors for recurring costs, and\ndistinctions between one-time and recurring costs. This report will be updated as necessary.",
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    "Appropriations",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Intelligence and National Security",
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